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SPANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

valer.

to be worth

5 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/baˈleɾ/[baˈleɾ]
  1. to be worth

    2007 , El sueño de Morfeo, Entérate ya No me valen tus lamentos; ya sé que nadie es perfecto. Me has hecho daño; no hay vuelta atrás. Your regrets are worthless to me; I already know nobody's perfect. You've done me harm; there's no going back.
    ¿Cuánto vale?
  2. to be useful or valid

  3. to be well, healthy

  4. to be strong

  5. (+ de) to make use of

    reflexive
    Se valió de la confusión para robarse una televisión.
    valerse de su posición privilegiada
  6. to take care of oneself, to manage (on one's own)

    reflexive
    Ya después de su caída, mi abuelo no pudo valerse por sí mismo.
    Aunque sea viejo, ¡todavía me valgo!
  7. ellipsis of valer verga (“be fucked, i.e. broken or in trouble”) or similar expressions

    Latin-America · abbreviation · alt-of · colloquial · ellipsis · intransitive
    Ya valimos.
  8. to not care (used with some nouns)

    colloquial
    Me vale un rábano.
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valēre Old Spanish valer Spanish valer Inherited from Old Spanish valer, from Latin valēre, valeō, from Proto-Italic *walēō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti, from *h₂welh₁- (“to rule, be strong”). Compare English value.

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